Distillerie | Port Ellen |
Embouteilleur | Malts of Scotland |
Serie | |
Mise en bouteille pour | |
Date de distillation | 02.03.1983 |
Date de mise en bouteille | 09.2010 |
Pays | Écosse |
Région | Islay |
Age | |
Cask Type | Refill Sherry Butt |
Numéro de fût | MOS 66 |
Alcohol percentage | 56 |
Volume | |
État | Parfait |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Stock | 0 |
Nose: clean and coastal. Coal smoke and grist. Wet rocks. Citrus zest. A soft sweetness in the background. Well-balanced peat. Hints of olive oil. All good. Hardly any influence of sherry – probably second or rather third fill. Mouth: again mostly coastal notes and fresh citrus zest talking. Some grassy notes. Oysters with lots of pepper. A bitter ginger tonic note as well. Grapefruit. Finish: long, smoky with some liquorice.
A clean, mineral Port Ellen. Unlike some of my favourite Port Ellens, there’s no vanilla or wax to be found, but among the more austere PE’s it’s perfectly fine.